He has a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Graduate Diploma from the Architectural Association. In 1999 Martin received his Ph.D from the Princeton University School of Architecture. His dissertation was entitled Architecture and Organization, USA c. 1956.[5]
(with Jacob Moore and Susanne Schindler) The Art of Inequality: Architecture, Housing, and Real Estate : A Provisional Report. New York: Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, 2015. ISBN1941332226
Utopia's Ghost: Postmodernism Reconsidered (February 28 - May 25, 2008). Exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Curated by Reinhold Martin, Columbia University, with Cristina Goberna, Brian Ackley, Marta Caldeira, Meir Lobaton Corona, Greta Hansen, Katherine Heck, Nika Grabar, Sharif Khalje, Karen Kubey, Ciro Miguel, Troy Therrien, Susan Thompson, Eirini Tsachrelia, Dimitra Tsachrelia, Elena Vanz, and Micheal Young.